The women's ODI XI of the last 25 years

There are allrounders and then there is Ellyse Perry. Surely one of the most talented pure athletes to play the game, Perry is the only woman to represent Australia at World Cups in two different sports. After juggling cricket and football for several years - Perry made her international as a 16-year-old who had never played a senior domestic match - cricket became her sole focus. The remarkably consistent line-and-length bowler has been instrumental on the biggest stage and she showed incredible fortitude to bowl Australia to victory, despite an ankle injury that left her barely able to walk, in the 2013 World Cup final. In recent years a move up the batting order and a flawless technique have seen her become one of the game's most consistently destructive batsmen.

Did you know? Perry's batting is only getting better. In 38 ODI innings since the start of 2014, she has averaged 79.4, easily the best with a 500-run cut off, and scored 24 half-centuries, including a run of six consecutive 50s.

A consistent and influential presence in hugely successful New South Wales and Australia sides, both of which she has captained, Lisa "Shaker" Sthalekar combined a canny tactical brain with effective offspin and hard-hitting batting that belied her small stature. While her composed batting in the middle order could be relied upon in crunch moments, Sthalekar's bowling - paired with intelligent field placings - could crack open the toughest of oppositions.

Did you know? Sthalekar is one of only three allrounders - along with Stafanie Taylor and Ellyse Perry - to achieve the double of taking 100 ODI wickets and scoring 2000 runs.

Height and pace. Goswami has made the most of the first and generated plenty of the second throughout her distinguished 16-year international career. She may not be as quick as when she was named the ICC Women's Player of the year in 2007 but Goswami at her best is still one of most threatening bowlers in the game, her tall, gangly frame allowing her to bowl genuine short-pitched deliveries as well as move the ball off the seam with enviable control. She has taken more ODI wickets than any other woman and has proved to be a capable lower-order batsman. As vice-captain under Mithali Raj, Goswami has been the bowling backbone of the India team as they have moved into the professional era.

Did you know? Goswami is the only player to take more than 200 wickets in ODIs and has sent down 8155 deliveries - 2000 more than any other bowler.

Ask anyone who has watched women's cricket for a few decades who is the quickest bowler they have ever seen and the answer is almost invariably Fitzpatrick. Speed guns were a rarity in Fitzpatrick's heyday but she was once clocked at 75mph and that pace helped her become the first woman to take 150 ODI wickets. Having a small and slight frame was no hindrance thanks to her efficient action and she was arguably the most feared bowler in the world for much of her 16-year international career, during which she was Australia's spearhead in two World Cup victories, in 1997 and 2005. A testament to her longevity and fitness is that she was nearly 38 when she took 5 for 29 in an ODI against India, making her the oldest woman to take a five-for in one-dayers.

Did you know? Of all the fast bowlers to take more than 100 wickets in women's ODIs, Fitzpatrick has the best average: an outstanding 16.79.

Neetu David made the most of her diminutive stature by offering deceptive loop and drift. The left-arm orthodox bowler sometimes struggled on flat pitches but when conditions were helpful she could be both miserly and destructive, even to the world's best batting line ups. An economy rate of 2.82 and an average of 16.34 ensured David was an important part of India's attack for 97 ODIs over a period of 13 years, which included a comeback after two years of retirement.

Did you know? David still holds the record of best average and economy rate among the 17 bowlers who have taken more than 100 wickets in women's ODIs.